Meaning Of The Word Water chestnut

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water chestnut
countable noun: A water chestnut is the thick bottom part of the stem of a plant which grows in China. It is used in Chinese cookery.

water chestnut in American English
a Chinese sedge (Eleocharis dulcis) with erect, cylindrical leaves, growing in dense clumps in water
any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, esp. T. natans, of the Old World

water chestnut in British English
noun: a floating aquatic onagraceous plant, Trapa natans, of Asia, having four-pronged edible nutlike fruits

water-chestnut in American English
designating a family (Trapaceae, order Myrtales) of floating, aquatic dicotyledonous plants

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